Re: Prince of Persia 3D on Windows 10

Posted on 2020-05-02, 09:23

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So I have my original CD's and I can install the game i can install the patch 1.01 and I even use the unprotected pop3d.exe, but nothing I do can get this game to run on Windows 10. What happens is the game loads to a black screen then drops back to the desktop. i honestly would love to play this …

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Re: [Updated on 02/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-02, 04:05

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Mouse view didn't work for Quake on default but you can enable it by the game console

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Re: [Updated on 29/04/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-01, 19:52

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Some Problems Some problems mentioned by users that you may not get until you are using an outdated device or drivers, some have been fixed too. You may still experience these problems even on new device, so its handy to keep it easily accessible. South Park: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p= …

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[OPEN]Retail Windows 95-Windows XP 32-bit games which can work on Windows 7 and later without game data modifications

Posted on 2020-05-01, 19:50

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What is this? [/u] This is a list of RETAIL games released for Microsoft Windows 95 until Microsoft Windows XP(pre DX9) that work under Microsoft Windows 7 and later operating systems. This list only includes retail releases, no re-release by Steam or Good Old Games. The games listed uses OpenGL …

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Re: A3d Alchemy Not Working in Windows 10

Posted on 2020-05-01, 19:46

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by Discrete_BOB_058

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Presbytier wrote on 2020-04-15, 04:57: Yeah using A3D_Live has a lot more compatibility issues from what I can tell. Several games crash whereas they ran fine with A3D Alchemy. How did you install it? I alwayd get a install failed optiom even whilr having admin privileges.

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Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2020-04-30, 17:04

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ruthan wrote on 2020-04-05, 11:11: Title of this thread and online sheet - is a bit missleading, because there is also info about Win9x games, what is nice.. I can add a ton of games of that time, I make a lot of fixes for those games myself

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Re: NFS High Stakes D3D6 mode

Posted on 2020-04-30, 15:33

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by Discrete_BOB_058

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May MS does any complete backwards compatibility thing in the May update 😀 I doubt MS will cater to your wish even if you are genuine paying customer. Games compatibility was the least concerns (or never being one...) for OS upgrades. MS already resorted to emulation by introducing XPMode for the …

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Re: NFS High Stakes D3D6 mode

Posted on 2020-04-30, 15:27

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If you want to play unmodified, two decades old game, then it's somehow given, that you'll use period correct PC, and not one with OS two decades newer... Sad thing was NFS3 worked well on DX mode, NFSHS didn't. Well I have been successful in running every game since 1997 without any problem except …

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Re: EAX and A3D emuation on intrgrated audio chips

Posted on 2020-04-30, 03:48

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Regarding ALchemy, I cannot use it as I don't use a PCIe/PCI sound card. Could always throw one in if you have a slot free. Even ALchemy has problems. GTA VC,3 doesn't still recognise the card even if you have it installed. They actually need mss32 to dsound to openal/xaudio2/xact3 conversion in …

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Re: NFS High Stakes D3D6 mode

Posted on 2020-04-30, 03:45

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From the modern patch's readme, changes to DX6 renderer are minimal. When it comes to visuals, it says fog support is restored and dithering is disabled by default for 16-bit modes, which would get you faithful 16-bit look without tricks to try improve the quality given the limitation of available …

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Re: Windows 95 autodetects weird I/O device?

Posted on 2020-04-29, 18:56

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When I look at the WIndows 95 Device Manager, I see one strange device in the list: "IO read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator" 1336-Weird Windows 95 autodetected hardware.jpg It seems to have some weird port ranges in it's I/O list: 1337-Unknown IO ports 1.jpg 1338-Unknown IO ports 2.jpg …

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Re: EAX and A3D emuation on intrgrated audio chips

Posted on 2020-04-29, 18:53

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Alchemy will work okish most of the time on modern systems but for older systems your best bet is getting a creative card like an X-fi but also running an older OS, A3D same thing some older cards support either emulation in software but not on modern systems. both closed source proprietary …

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Re: NFS High Stakes D3D6 mode

Posted on 2020-04-29, 18:42

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Frankly, on a modern OS I would use the modern patch . Either that, or just go period correct with a Pentium 3 + nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra (or Voodoo 3). I don't use because i want the classic resolution and graphics. The modern patch modfies the graphics somewhat minimal. I would like a unmodified …

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Re: Windows XP Home Edition OEM, I have the product key but no CD.

Posted on 2020-04-29, 18:37

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khyypio wrote on 2020-04-28, 17:42: OK, thanks. You can search on the internet for your OEM copy, if you use the disc of some other companies like Dell, Gateway. They might have different CD-Keys. Or if you use a MS OEM disc, download that one. You can google search first then move to archive.org

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Re: [UPDATED 29-04-20] LIST OF PRE-DX8 GAMES SUPPORTED BY WIN 10/7/8.1/8/VISTA AND LATER WITHOUT MODS

Posted on 2020-04-29, 18:34

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New entries: Midtown Madness Project I.G.I. Project I.G.I.-2 Refer to the first post for any required instructions

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Re: EAX and A3D emuation on intrgrated audio chips

Posted on 2020-04-29, 14:46

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Alchemy will work okish most of the time on modern systems but for older systems your best bet is getting a creative card like an X-fi but also running an older OS, A3D same thing some older cards support either emulation in software but not on modern systems. both closed source proprietary …

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EAX and A3D emuation on intrgrated audio chips

Posted on 2020-04-29, 11:40

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Recently I Started getting into retro games, like Far Cry, GTA Vice City, FEAR, Half-Life, etc. These games have options for enabling EAX or A3D on HL. But I cannot run EAX or A3D on my machine because of DSound3D incompatibility. So I want to experience A3D or EAX on my PC. Is there a way to do it? …

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Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2020-04-26, 17:30

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My list: Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed 2 Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Assassin's Creed Revelations Assassin's Creed III Assassin's Creed Black Flag Assassin's Creed Black Flag Freedom Cry Assassin's Creed Rogue Battlefield Bad Company 2 Battlefield 1 Burnout Paradise Call of Duty Call of Duty 4 …

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.6.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-04-26, 07:17

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keith94 wrote on 2020-04-25, 19:30: Hi. I'm running Psychonauts (DX9 game) with the latest dgVoodoo (2.63.2), but it has glitchy/transparent textures on some charac […] Show full quote Hi. I'm running Psychonauts (DX9 game) with the latest dgVoodoo (2.63.2), but it has glitchy/transparent textures …

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Re: NFS 3 black screen and freeze with GF3 / Win98Se

Posted on 2020-04-25, 16:17

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Grab the "modern patch" and try NFS 3 with that. Read and follow the instructions fully. https://veg.by/en/projects/nfs3/ The game froze. You mean you had to click restart. Well I figured the same thing out on Win10. If you use a modern OS, just use a wrapper like dgVoodoo. But since you are using …

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